Birmingham is a city and borough in the West Midlands. Birmingham is the largest of England's core cities.

The City of Birmingham has an estimated population of 1,001,200. Birmingham forms part of the larger West Midlands conurbation, which has a population of an estimated 2,284,093 and includes several neighbouring towns and cities, such as Solihull, Wolverhampton and the towns of the Black Country.

The people of Birmingham are known as 'Brummies', a term derived from the city's nickname of Brum. This comes in turn from the city's dialect name, Brummagem, which is derived from the dialect name of the city, 'Bromwicham'.

Birmingham is an ethnically and culturally diverse city. At the time of the 2001 census, 70.4% of the population was White (including 3.2% Irish & 1.5% Other White), 19.5% British Asian 6.1% Black or Black British, 0.5% Chinese, and 3.5% of mixed race or other ethnic heritage.